The Face ID of the iPhone 8 will identify us even lying on the table

The Face ID of the iPhone 8 will identify us even lying on the table

There is no doubt that it is the component that is giving more to talk about in the new flagship of the Californian firm, the Touch ID. It’s elimination by the enormous size that will have the screen of the terminal will give way to a Face ID of the iPhone 8, which will allow the terminal to identify us even lying on the table.

A few days ago the HomePod firmware ushered two crucial elements of the iPhone 8 semi-officially. Like the virtually beveled design of the handset and facial recognition that will replace the Touch ID, and from which we are getting to know new details.

Face ID of the iPhone 8 will identify us at the strangest angles

Facial recognition is one of the most discussed facets of the new iPhone 8 , because of the experience we have seen in other terminals, such as the Samsung Galaxy S8, where this technology has not worked at the moment as expected, its use involves certain constraints With which he did not count for example the Touch ID. Undoubtedly the most recurring complaint regarding facial recognition in any mobile is that we can not unlock the mobile when lying on the table face up since we must pick it up and bring it to our face to identify us.

Well, according to other lines of the juicy HomePods firmware, it seems that the iPhone 8 could have a Face ID able to identify us even when the mobile is lying on the table with the screen face up. These lines would be the following, in which the Face ID is identified as Pearl.

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According to these lines, we can understand that the Face ID of the iPhone 8 or what is the same, your facial scanner, could work even when lying on the table with the screen facing up. Although of course, this raises many doubts about how this technology will work to recognize us even when the mobile is lying on the table.

In fact, it is speculated that it will be through the infrared light as the iPhone 8 will be able to recognize our face even in the strangest and least common angles, something that certainly is true and works well would mean a whole revolution in this type of technology. However, you have to be cautious and do not launch the bells on the fly, as it is once again a rumor based on a line of text that can mean many things.